Teresa Pala Schwalbach > Sérvulo & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Sérvulo & Associados
RUA GARRETT N° 64
1200-204 LISBOA
Portugal

Work Department

Tax Law

Position

Partner in the Tax Law department.

Career

At SÉRVULO since 2015, Teresa Pala Schwalbach  is a partner in the firm’s Tax department. She holds a Master’s in Business Administration from ESADE Business School in Barcelona, in association with the Catholic University of Portugal (2009); Concluded a course in Tax Systems of Portuguese-Speaking African Countries, at the Institute of Economic, Financial and Tax Law (IDEFF – Instituto de Direito Económico, Financeiro e Fiscal) of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, in 2014; Holds a graduate qualification in Management for Jurists from the Católica Business School (2008), and in Taxation, from the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, also of the Catholic University of Portugal (2006). She frequented a course in British and American Common Law, at the Faculty of Law of the Roger Williams University, Rhode Island, USA, in 2003. She was Top Senior Tax Consultant, at Deloitte, from 2005 to 2012. She headed the tax department at the law firm «MC&A – Sociedade de Advogados, R.L.». She regularly participates in conferences and training programmes, as a guest speaker and tutor. She was a member of the jury for future judges in the Centre of Judiciaries Studies (2018 and 2019). She joined the Bar Association in 2014.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, German

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Tax

(Next Generation Partners)

Teresa Pala SchwalbachSérvulo & Associados

Drawing considerable praise from clients, who turn to the team for its ‘enormous work capacity and exceptional professionalism’, Sérvulo & Associados is frequently engaged by companies seeking assistance on both contentious and non-contentious tax matters at the domestic, EU, and international levels. The team is adept at handling the tax aspects of high-stakes M&A, financings, and corporate restructurings, as well as representing clients in complex judicial and administrative proceedings. Co-heading the practice is Ana Moutinho Nascimento, who specialises in tax litigation and inspections, while fellow co-head Teresa Pala Schwalbach focuses on transactional tax and wealth management. Patrícia Guerra Carvalhal excels in tax litigation. Diogo Feio is no longer at the firm.